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   Veek,   
      
   > Therefore [a] is a pointer in this case?   
      
   Not just for that one, but for *both* cases.   
      
   >  mov rax, [a]   
   >  mov [a], rax   
      
   Load/store RAX from/into 8 bytes of memory, starting at the location denoted   
   by the label "a".   
      
   A single line to describe both, just with the starget and source reversed.   
      
      
   And a remark:   
      
   >  mov rax, [a]   ; to store the value of 'a' in rax   
      
      
   I think you mean well, but the above remark is actually valid for a rather   
   different command:   
      
   mov rax,offset a   
      
    -or possibly even just-   
      
   mov rax,a   
      
   (it depends on the assembler, and the mode its in)   
      
   Suggestion: in your case replace"value" with "contents" (and for the other   
   case use "offset") to make it less ambigue.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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